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The 1st round of the Victor Korea Open 2012 saw some upsets and ‘retirements’.Chen Long retired in the 1st game, 15-20, in his match against Hsu Jen Hao and Ajay Jayaram against Wan Ho Shon with both hardly lifting their rackets.Lin Dan was stretched 21-18, 20-22, 21-10 by Pablo Abian.Peter Gade, Taufik Hidayat and Wang Xin were shown the exits by lesser-ranked rivals and so also the top seeded XD pairing of Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei who were whipped in 2 games by Chris Adcock/Imogen Bankier 21-19, 21-16.
Nguyen Tien Minh has seen better days and bows out quite regularly in earlier rounds and this time to Kenichi Tago in 3 games 19-21 21-10 21-9. The same situation applies to Pi Honyan.Porntip B was a surprise loser to Gu Juan in 3 games.

both side try to fool around when KKK/TBH leading 20-11
longest rally ever

This match has disintegrated into a farce. What an insult to the TPE pair with Koo/Tan messing around. This is why they will never gain any respect. They should get roasted for this type of unprofessional behaviour

MD
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Michael Fuchs/Oliver Roth - this is an excellent chance for Kido/Hendra to win valuable qualification pts. 6,050 pts for them if they can beat the Germans. This will narrow the gap between them and the 8th ranked Hashimoto/Hirata (who's already out yesterday) to a mere 1,202 pts.

WD
Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii [8] vs Line Damkjaer Kruse/Marie Roepke - I hope Mel/Grace can at least progress to QF this week and narrow to gap with WR7 Chien/Cheng to less than 1,000 pts!
Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na vs Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati - the KOR has the edge, but, if Vita/Nadya can win this one, they will leapfrog the Korean and Poon/Tse to WR10! So, they have an added incentive to progress to QF.

MD
Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan vs Michael Fuchs/Oliver Roth - this is an excellent chance for Kido/Hendra to win valuable qualification pts. 6,050 pts for them if they can beat the Germans. This will narrow the gap between them and the 8th ranked Hashimoto/Hirata (who's already out yesterday) to a mere 1,202 pts.

WD
Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polii [8] vs Line Damkjaer Kruse/Marie Roepke - I hope Mel/Grace can at least progress to QF this week and narrow to gap with WR7 Chien/Cheng to less than 1,000 pts!
Jung Kyung Eun/Kim Ha Na vs Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati - the KOR has the edge, but, if Vita/Nadya can win this one, they will leapfrog the Korean and Poon/Tse to WR10! So, they have an added incentive to progress to QF.